Rachel Riley wows in skintight silver leotard and blue wig in hilarious 2014 throwback

Rachel Riley wows in skintight silver leotard and blue wig in hilarious 2014 throwback photo from The Gadget Show

Rachel Riley took to Instagram to post a hilarious behind-the-scenes photo of her days on Channel 5’s The Gadget Show on Sunday. 

Posing with her former co-host Jason Bradbury, 51, the Countdown presenter looked unrecognisable in a blue wig and gold skin-tight leggings. 

She wrote: ‘Throwback to 7 years ago today. Absolutely no recollection of why we were dressed like this but I’m sure it was in the name of science…’

‘I’m sure it was in the name of science’: Rachel Riley took to Instagram to post a behind-the-scenes photo of her days on Channel 5’s The Gadget Show on Sunday

The presenter sported a chaotic outfit of knee high silver boots with red hearts on the knee, gold leggings and a shimmering silver corset with shoulder pads.  

She hid her blonde tresses under a luminous blue wig and had painted her lips with silver lipstick. 

Rachel topped the outfit off with a pair of elbow-length silky white gloves and posed proudly with her hands on her hips and pouting. 

And Jason matched Rachel’s space age colour scheme as he donned a pair of silver leggings, a white cape and a pair of electric blue lycra shorts. 

Rachel co-hosted The Gadget Show for three series from 2013 to 2014 before being replaced by Amy Williams.  

The celebrity mathematician was simultaneously part of the Countdown team after she joined in 2009 when Carol Vorderman announced her exit from the show. 

After more than a decade on the programme, Rachel told The Express: ‘It’s been over 11 years now and I’m still really enjoying it,

‘Love the team and really love the numbers game and there’s different contestants coming in all the time and different dictionary corner guests so it doesn’t feel like you’re working the same day over and over.

‘It’s really good fun so as long as they’ll have me, you’ll have to carry me out of that place.’ 

Career goals: The celebrity mathematician was simultaneously part of the Countdown team after she joined in 2009 when Carol Vorderman announced her exit from the show

Career goals: The celebrity mathematician was simultaneously part of the Countdown team after she joined in 2009 when Carol Vorderman announced her exit from the show 

Rachel referenced her busy schedule when she explained her split from her ex-husband Jamie Gilbert in 2013. 

She told the MailOnline: ‘I was doing The Gadget Show on Channel 5. I was doing Countdown. Then Strictly. I was basically by myself for a few months, away from home.

‘It gave me the distance to work out what I wanted. There’s no doubt the timing contributed to the split.’ 

Rachel left her university beau after sixteen months of marriage and later coupled up with her Strictly Come Dancing partner Pasha Kovalev. 

The pair married in June 2019 with no suggestion of infidelity, despite the presenter’s marriage breaking down three months into the competition. 

Pasha and Rachel now have a one-year-old daughter Maven and the new mum revealed to Hello! magazine on Wednesday: ‘We’d like another one’. 

Happy family: Pasha and Rachel now have a one-year-old daughter Maven and the new mum revealed to Hello! magazine on Wednesday: 'We'd like another one' (pictured in January)

Happy family: Pasha and Rachel now have a one-year-old daughter Maven and the new mum revealed to Hello! magazine on Wednesday: ‘We’d like another one’ (pictured in January)